Welcome to our audio described and tactile tour events page.
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Saturday 29 August 2026- GG
Audio Described Performance: 2pm
Tactile Tour: 1pm
Book by: Thursday 20 August 2026 (to access the Audio Description and Tactile Tour)
Genre: Contemporary dance; Street dance; Digital performance
Cost: Ticketed
Venue: Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Address: 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
About the event
GG is a genre-defying dance work that combines street dance, gaming culture and digital animation. Dancers enter a virtual world where movement, technology and competition collide. Inspired by the world of online gaming, GG explores teamwork, strategy and the choices we make when navigating shared spaces.
Duration: 55 minutes (no interval)
Bookings and event information: https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/gg/
Saturday 12 September 2026- World Press Photo – Audio Described Tour
Audio Described Tour: 2pm
Genre: Photography exhibition; Guided gallery tour
Cost: Free (bookings essential)
Venue: Art Gallery of Ballarat (at the Ballarat Mining Exchange)
Address: Ballarat Mining Exchange, 16–20 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat VIC 3350
About the event
Experience the internationally acclaimed World Press Photo exhibition through a live audio described tour led by Nilgün Güven. Explore powerful photographs from around the world while hearing detailed descriptions and engaging stories about the images, themes and people behind them.
Duration: 3 hours, relaxed pace
Bookings and event information: https://www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au/event/audio-described-tour-with-nilgun-guven
Saturday 19 September 2026- R.A.I.N.
Audio Described Performance: 2pm
Book by: Monday 10 August 2026 (to access Audio Description)
Genre: Contemporary performance
Cost: Ticketed
Venue: Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Address: 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
About the event
R.A.I.N. is a bold and brilliant work of contemporary dance that slips between hypnotic control, deadpan absurdity and sudden slapstick betrayal. From award-winning choreographer and dancer Harrison Ritchie-Jones, the work explores movement, memory and transformation as performers follow the energetic memory of their own structures until their bodies develop rogue agendas. R.A.I.N. is a strange, shared world that oscillates between doing, sensing and performing.
Duration: 50 minutes (no interval)
Bookings and event information: https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/r-a-i-n/
Saturday 26 September 2026- Triptych
Audio Described Performance: 2pm
Tactile Tour: 1pm
Genre: Contemporary dance
Cost: Ticketed
Venue: Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne
Address: 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank VIC 3004
About the event
Triptych is a visually stunning contemporary dance work by acclaimed Australian choreographer Lewis Major. Combining choreography, lighting and sound, the work creates a world of shifting light, movement and emotion. Dancers move through immersive landscapes of light and shadow, exploring the connection between the human body, technology and imagination.
Duration: 55 minutes (no interval)
Bookings and event information: https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/dance/triptych
Coming Soon: Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026
Melbourne Fringe Festival 2026 runs from 29 September – 18 October 2026 and will include a range of accessible events, including Audio Described performances and Tactile Tours.
The full festival program launches on Friday 7 August 2026. Stay tuned for accessible event details coming soon.
Friday 4 December 2026- Mimpi
Audio Described Performance: 7:30 pm
Tactile Tour: 6:30 pm
Genre: Experimental music • Javanese song • Ritualistic dance • Contemporary performance
Cost: Ticketed
Venue: Arts House – North Melbourne Town Hall
Address: 521 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
About the event
MIMPI is a contemporary performance that brings together experimental music, Javanese song and ritualistic dance. Drawing on traditions of collective movement and sound, the work creates a dreamlike world where performers explore connection, transformation and the relationship between body, voice and space.
Duration: 50 minutes (no interval)
Bookings and event information: https://www.artshouse.com.au/events/mimpi/
Links to other news, articles and online audio described works:
Vitae Veritas interview with Vision Australia Radio about transforming accessibility at Midsumma Festival
Travelling Touch Tour trailer of Victoria's Pride Street Party, Midsumma Festival 2024
Audio described short films by Top Design 2024 students:
Don't Burn the Toast by Lucas A Taylor
Full playlist of all Top Design 2024 student works can be found here.
'Between Two Sites- Audio Described' winner of the Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards 2024
Audio described artworks of Our Place: 20 years of Town Hall Gallery online exhibition, Boroondara Arts
Design Fringe Tactile Tour 2023 review by Alan Bartlett, with accompanying photos and descriptions
Sublime Stim exhibition by neurodivergent artist Mishka.
Between Two Sites exhibition by Bogong Centre for Sound Culture
Between Two Sites radio broadcast on Behind the Scenes Vision Australia radio
Power Up! by Fog Theatre, an Arts Wellbeing Collective Vitae Veritas project.
Other Power Up! audio, transcripts and feature articles can be found here.
